Thank you for the front page photo by Shmuel Thaler showing surfers keeping their distance! Local golfers do the same, even before COVID-19 because they don’t want to get hit by a golf club swung at 100 mph! County health officials Mimi Hall and Dr. Gail Newell need to let golfers off the tight leash. We’re restricted to twosomes, while electric carts are prohibited. All other counties are sending off foursomes, and renting out electric carts to solo riders. Our overly conservative restrictions devastate the income flow for our golf courses. Many players are leaving the county and spending their green fees on foursomes and carts. Come on! We golfers are spread out across hundreds of acres.

— Steve Edwards, Soquel

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